Re: [PATCH] x86: tighten kernel image page access rights (re-diff against firstfloor tree)

[Andi Kleen]

On Thursday 29 March 2007 14:01, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On x86-64, kernel memory freed after init can be entirely unmapped instead
> of just getting 'poisoned' by overwriting with a debug pattern.
> 
> On i386 and x86-64 (under CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA), kernel text and bug table
> can also be write-protected.
> 
> (Not sure what the symbol 'stext' is good for; can it be removed?)

I see you remove it already

Added thanks
-Andi
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